Surreal. Just a couple days ago, I was participating in EU Open House Day, dancing polka on the sidewalk and sharing my Latvian culture with my fellow Americans. I walked around the corner and held hands in a circle with Romanian folk dancers, learning a bit about their culture. Three days later, I’m watching video … More Facebook Post: May 17, 2017
Signs you very much live in the 1st world: There are 35,964 hits for “wedding dog” on Etsy. Items include (but are not limited to): doggy bow ties, doggy tuxes, doggy flower girl dresses, doggy flower girl collars, doggy ring bearer collars, doggy ring bearer pillows, signs and bandannas saying “I do too” or “my … More Facebook Post: April 2, 2018
Absentmindedly scrolling down my newsfeed, seeing these two posts together is a bit of a gut punch. The bottom post acknowledges this day in 1941, when thousands of innocent Baltic men, women, and children were ripped from their homes by the Soviets, separated from family members, tossed into cattle cars, and deported to Siberia, many never … More Facebook Post: June 14, 2018
Me: Today I wrote my homework assignment for our wedding officiant telling him all the things I love about you. squeee! Mike: I’m just gonna tell him I love you because you’re sturdy. Me:
So, uh… did any of you send me 24 pirate eye patches from Amazon for some reason?
Seeing everyone posting their kids’ first day of school photos makes me kinda miss the first day of school, when you get to pick out your new outfit and supplies and get all pumped for a fresh start. We need an adult version of this. Once a year all the adults get to post a … More Facebook Post: September 4, 2018
September 18, quoting from Late Night with Seth Myers “You know what’s a little incriminating? If you’re accused of sexual assault, and you just happen to have on hand a list of other women you didn’t sexually assault. If the cops come to your house and say they want to ask you about a murder, … More Facebook Posts: September 18 – October 5, 2018
Christmas morning conversation with a toddler: Toddler: Aunt Elga is a man. Toddler’s mom: No, Aunt Elga is a woman. And you are a girl. Toddler: I don’t want to be a girl. Me: Why don’t you want to be a girl? Toddler: Because I want to be a person. hmm…
Life in DC: furloughed workers lined up for free meals. Meanwhile the pro life march brought to town these idiot teenagers who were daring each other (successfully) to lick the metro pole.
If you’re wondering how cold it is on the east coast right now, my train just had to stop for inspection because the onboard toilets all froze.
Helga without the H 